Haiti: Life in a tent

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Two young girls read sitting in the entrance to a tent home. The J/P HRO camp is home to more than 54,000 people. The camp sits on the former site of a country club golf course. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Eder Charles walks through the ruins of the cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mr. Charles and his father have been caretakers of the cathedral since 1992. The cathedral collapsed during the earthquake, killing the archbishop and 60 others who were meeting inside. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Tent camps on the Champs de Mars plaza look out on the collapsed presidential palace. One year after the devastating earthquake that left more than 200,000 people dead and more than a million homeless, not much progress on rebuilding has been made. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Boys play soccer in the open area in the center of camp. Around 26,000 people live in the Terrain Acra camp on unused industrial space. It is one of the spontaneous camps that formed after the quake. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

A mother and her two daughters leave their tent camp. One year after the devastating earthquake that left more than 200,000 people dead and more than a million homeless, not much progress on rebuilding has been made. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Linese Cesar has been living here since the earthquake hit. Her rented home has cracks and is unlivable, but she hopes to move back when it is fixed. She makes money sewing clothes for residents – including school uniforms. Her husband has been unemployed since the quake. They have five children. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

A man selling phone time dials a number for a customer at the J/P HRO camp in Port au Prince. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Francois Anozier tutors children in one of the city's informal tent camps, Place St. Pierre, located in the park of that name. Many children here cannot afford to go to school, so he teaches them free of charge. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

A mother and her children visit the camp clinic. About 26,000 people live in the Terrain Acra camp on unused industrial space. It is one of the spontaneous camps that formed after the quake. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

A schoolgirl makes her way around debris from a fallen building. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Mirlande Derifier's clothes hang on nails. She sends her Sunday clothes out to be laundered. Mirlande has lived in the Terrain Acra camp ever since the quake hit and now works as teacher and coordinator for children's activities and tutoring. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Udline Jean, a vendor who sells plastic goods on the road leading into camp, hugs her daughter Chersley St. Armond Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Houses are crowded onto a hillside in what is known as the slum of Petionville. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Young boys take a break from playing soccer to pose for a visitor at the camp Place St. Pierre. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

Boys play a game of roulette with a homemade board and wheel. Around 26,000 people live in the Terrain Acra camp on unused industrial space. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

A woman has a small business outside her tent doing manicures and pedicures. Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor

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